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General Marie Annabelle Jennie Carignan CMM MSC MSM CD (born 1968) is a Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) officer who has served as Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) since July 2024. Born in Quebec, Carignan graduated as a military engineer from the Royal Military College Saint-Jean. She served as an officer in combat engineering regiments in various ...
General Jennie Carignan took over as Canada's chief of the defense staff on Thursday in a ceremony that made her the first woman to command the country's armed forces. Trained as a military ...
Carignan, originally a military engineer, has commanded troops in Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iraq and Syria during her 35 years i For the first time ever, Canada appoints woman as top ...
Jennie Carignan, Chief of Defense Staff of Canada’s Armed… Canada’s first woman armed forces chief: ‘I can’t believe we have to justify women in combat’ Skip to main content
Gen. Jennie Carignan responded to comments made by Idaho Republican Sen. Jim Risch, the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who was asked on Friday whether President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, should retract comments that he believes men and women should not serve together in ...
The Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS; French: chef d'état-major de la Défense; CEMD) is the professional head of the Canadian Armed Forces.As the senior military position, the chief of the Defence Staff advises the Cabinet, particularly the minister of national defence and the prime minister. [1]
Maj. Anne Reiffenstein became the first female in Canada to command a combat arms sub-unit. [19] Lt.-Cmdr. Marta Mulkins is the first woman to serve as a captain of a Canadian warship. [19] Maj. Jennie Carignan of 5 Combat Engineer Regiment (5 CER) becomes the first female Deputy Commanding Officer of a combat arms unit in Canada. [19]
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